Editing Winterbourne Steepleton (section)

{{Short description|Village in Dorset, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|static_image_name = Winterbourne Steepleton - geograph.org.uk - 402390.jpg
|static_image_caption = Winterbourne Steepleton
|country = England
|official_name = Winterbourne Steepleton
|coordinates = {{coord|50.70679|-2.53029|display=inline,title}}
|map_type = Dorset
|population = 297
|population_ref = <ref name=ons>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130775&c=Winterbourne+Steepleton&d=16&e=62&g=6418590&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1385625127587&enc=1|publisher=Office for National Statistics|title=Neighbourhood Statistics. Area: Winterbourne Steepleton (Parish). Key figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics.|accessdate=28 November 2013}}</ref>
|unitary_england = [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]]
|lieutenancy_england = [[Dorset]]
|region = South West England
|post_town = Dorchester
|postcode_area = DT
|postcode_district = DT2
|constituency_westminster = [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]]
|os_grid_reference = SY628898
}}

'''Winterbourne Steepleton''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in south west [[Dorset]], [[England]], situated in a [[winterbourne (stream)|winterbourne]] [[valley]] {{convert|5|mi|km}} west of [[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]], next to the village of [[Winterbourne Abbas]]. The name of the village derives from its site next to a seasonal winterbourne stream and from having a stone church [[steeple]]<ref>''Dorset'', Frank R. Heath, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, Sixth Ed. (revised), 1922.</ref> - one of only three [[medieval]] stone spires in the county (the others being at [[Iwerne Minster]] and [[Trent, Dorset|Trent]]).<ref name=gant>{{cite book|title=Dorset Villages|author=Roland Gant|publisher=Robert Hale Ltd|page=175|year=1980|ISBN=0 7091 8135 3}}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] the parish had a population of 297.<ref name=ons/>